Improvement in filtering-tubes



iuitd tant DANIEL MOORE ANDEDWIN MOORE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

Leners Patent Ne. 92,988, dated .my 27, 1869.

IMPRGVEMEN T IN FILTERINGTUBES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of tha same.

To all whom Ait 'may concern Be it known that we, DANIEL Moonand EDWIN' MOORE, of Brooklyn, in the county oKings, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Filters; and' we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, whereinl Figure 1 is a vertical section of said filter, as in place for use, and

Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Filters have been made to set overthe end of a pipe or faucet, and held there against the force of the water, either by a screw-thread on. the parts that come togethr o1" by the friction of the surfaces in contact.

Our lterhis intended to remove animaloules and small substances that may be in the' water, and, at the same time, render the flow of water more' regular as it is delivered, and prevent the spattering and splashing usual when water, under pressure, is allowed to issue from a cock or faucet.

Our invention consists in a tubular case for the filter,

split longitudinally near the end, so as to form seg-V mental springs, to set upon the cock or faucet, in combination with a screw-clamping band, whereby the filter can be securely attached, without injury to the cock or faucet, and without risk of the filter falling off when in use, and breaking the pitcher or vessel receiving the water. i

We also make the ltering-diaphragm of two semiglobular strainers of perforated metal or gauze, in order that the rush of water may be so checked and diverted from itscourse that the water will not be splashed about as it runs out, but will be delivered from the filter in a steady, solid column.

In the drawing, the red lines at a represent a portion of a faucet or bib.

b isthe case for the filter, formed with longitudinal incisions z near one end, so that the segmental springs thus formed may. set around the end of the bib, and be clamped thereto by the band c and set-screw, 3.

A shoulder is made in the tube b at 4, upon which rest the flanges of the perforated or gauze diaphragms d and e.

These daphragms are made of a dome-form, standing in opposite positions, so that the rush of water in all directions through the diaphragm'cl will be equalized iu the globular space between the two diaphragms, and hence the water will pass off with regularity as it runs through the perforations of the diaphragm e, at the same time anyanimalcules are detained, or other impurities, and the diaphragme can be taken out and washed whenever desired. v

'What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 'I The tubular case b, formed with segmental springs, in combination with the clamping-band c, and filteringdiaphragm d e, as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our signatures, this 80th day of November, A. D. 1868.

' DANL. MOORE.

, EDWIN MOORE.

Witnesses Unas. H. SMITH, .GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

